Watch the video linked at the end of the post to get a better sense of more of the game.Īgain like Ridge Racer, this is a catchup-centric racing game, not one where all the racers start at the starting line together. The only screenshots I can find are of the first track. The character stats do matter - larger racers really do control differently from smaller ones, for example. There are four more unlockable ones, though I have no idea how to do that. You start out with seven options, all stereotypical anime-kart-racing characters. Anyway, once choosing a mode, you then choose a racer. I'm not sure if it was worth it or not, but I completed it anyway, once at least I'm not sure if I will again. Still, with a game as frustrating as this one, I was hoping for better when I finally managed to beat it,and yes, finishing it was an effort. At least completing tracks does unlock them, so in the future you can start a circuit from any of the tracks. Championship mode doesn't really have an ending at the end, just credits with a generic (same for all characters) CG background. In championships, you progress to the next race by finishing at least third in each race, and though there are only seven racers in each race, this is a challenge. Before each race there's an untranslated line in spoken Japanese about the upcoming track. As fitting with the general dated nature of the game, the loading times in the game are far longer than they should be, and are definitely irritating. Once you start a race, you'll notice how long the load times are in this game. It does unlock tracks as a starting point as you reach them, but doesn't save your current game. You have infinite continues, but can't save your current circuit. You can also save here, but NOT during a championship that you have to complete without turning the system off, annoyingly. Mode options are only the basics: two player splitscreen, single race, championship mode, or options (control settings and audio levels). Is it worth it? I'm sure many people would say no, but I had enough fun to stick with it, I guess. This is a hard game, for both good and bad reasons, and beating the game will require a lot of practice in a game of quite questionable quality. That doesn't mean winning will be easy, though. There are seven tracks in the game, and no difficulty settings seven races and it's over. Anyway, this game does not look as late a PS1 game as it is! These graphics would have looked old years before this games' release, even for the PS1. I don't know if that version actually has analog or not, though, but I will try to find out. That is, unless the Japanese version had analog and they pointlessly cut it out of the US version the Japanese case back does have teh analog controller logo. The Dual Shock controller appears in the control settings menu, but the analog sticks do nothing, in the US release of the game at least this game is d-pad only, shamefully for a game released in 2000 in Japan and 2003 in the US. Also, the game has absolutely no analog support, insanely. It works just like in some of the Ridge Racer games: to drift, let go of accelerate, hit drift, then hit accelerate again when you're pointing in the direction you want to go. It is about perfecting perfectly timed, Ridge Racer-esque auto-drifts. The Japanese title has "Drift" in the name, which is a more accurate name than the US title. Yes, despite the title, this is a drift-focused racing game it's not really a Mario Kart clone. The game is bad, and super low budget, but it is a little interesting. I got this game fairly recently, and beat the game quickly somehow the challenge made me want to get through the game. The game is a budget game released for cheap, and you can very much tell. Released on Playstation 3/PSP PSN (digital download) by Hamster (JP only, 2008).Įxtreme Go-Kart Racing is a kart-racer themed, but drift-racer playing, super low-budget racing game released late in the PS1's life. Publisher: Originally released in Japan by Media Group (2000). Title: Extreme Go-Kart Racing (US) / Kart Race Kimete wa Drift (JP)
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